Heel-plate for boots or shoes



(No Model.) S D MEHEW HEEL PLATE FOR BOOTS ORSHOES.

No. 297,150. Patented Apr. 22, 1884.

WITNESSES @7? 4- W I .dttorl w yS A UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

STEPHEN D. MEHEW, OF PEABODY, KANSAS.

HEEL-PLATE FOR BOOTS OR SHOES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 297,150, dated April 22, 1884.

Application filed October 15, 1883. (No model.)

To Ml whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, STEPHEN D. MEHEW, a citizen of the United States, residing at Peabody, in the county of Marion and State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Sole and Heel Plate for Shoes, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention has relation to heel-plates for boots and shoes; and it consists in the improved article of manufacture hereinafter fully described and particularly claimed.

Figure 1 is aperspective view showing the heel-plate applied to a shoe. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the same, and Fig. 3 is a perspective detail view of the heel-plate.

The heel'plate A is provided near its inner edge with perforations G, to receive the securing-screws, and nail-holes for the nails by which it is secured to the bottom of the heel. The upper edge of the flange B is provided with inturned sharp-pointed lugs or barbs D, adapted to be driven into the side of the heel, for the purpose of retaining the plate in position and preventing it from sagging. The

heel-plate conforms to the shape of the heel. around which the flange B extends.

This device may be used for straightening the heels of boots or shoes which have been run down at the sides, without interposing leather filling, as shown.

Having thus described my invention,I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- As an improved article of manufacture, the 5 herein-described heel-plate,shaped to conform to portions of the side and bottom of the heel of a boot or shoe, and provided along the edge of the bottom portion with screw-holes and nail-holes for the fastening devices-,and at 40 STEPHEN D. MEHEW.

Witnesses:

WV. J. HAMMOND, A. F. SAUSSER. 

